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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19036	Mundanum speculum, or, The worldlings looking glasse Wherein hee may clearly see what a woefull bargaine he makes if he lose his soule for the game of the vvorld. A worke needfull and necessarie for this carelesse age, wherein many neglect the meanes of their saluation. Preached and now published by Edmund Cobbes, master of the Word of God.	Cobbes, Edmund, b. 1592 or 3.	1630 (1630)	STC 5453; ESTC S117518	113,560	456

Greg. mor. l. 9. c. 28. Crimen non est in rebus sed in vsu age●●is is not in themselues but in them that vse them Which saying doth sort well with that of the Scripture Vnto the cleane all things are cleane And S. Ambrose Dis●ant non in facultatibus crimen haerere sed in ijs qui vti nesciunt in Luc. 9. saith The fault is not in riches but in the ignorance of them that haue them not vsing them aright Therefore let no man reiect riches because some abuse them to sinne For riches and wealth to a good man are very comfortable and good blessings by reason he hath great meanes to doe good but to a bad man they are the cause of much euil because they minister more matter to his sinfull desire A man may warme him by a fire yet not burne himselfe in it so a rich man may moderately vse his riches and yet not hedge vp his way to happinesse take away the abuse and the vse of them is very good It is not riches that Christ and Paul condemne but the inordinate loue of them They are called in Scripture not onely gifts but benefits and rewards which God Deut. 2. 8. promised to bestow vpon them that serue him Therefore it is said God gaue Iob his wealth Iob 1. 21. c. 42. 10. and the Israelites their Corne Wine and oyle and multiplied Hos 2. 8. their siluer and gold hence they are called by the wisest of men the blessings of the Lord and promised Pro. 10. 22. that they shall bee in his house that feareth the Lord. Ps 112. 1 3. And hee hath bestowed this blessing vpon many of his Children as vpon Abraham Isaac Iacob Salomon that they might bee the better enabled to performe holy duties Therefore wee may lawfully pray for them if wee propose right ends to glorifie God with them and benefit his Church yet wee must submit our wills vnto Gods Will and that wee may so liue that wee may not bee chargeable to others but prouide for our selues and Children according to our seuerall places and conditions for if there bee any that prouideth no● 1 Tim. 5. 8. for his owne especially for those of his owne house such an one is worse then an Infidell and hath denied the faith As wee must doe good vnto all so especially to Gal. 6. 10. them that are most neare and dear vnto vs Ioseph sent meat to Gen. 43. 34 all his Brethren both according to the flesh and according to the faith but Beniamins Messe was fiue times as much as the rest of his brethren because hee loued him best so the care that wee should shew to our owne family should bee fiue times greater then for any body else for whom should a man loue better then his wife and Children When the famine was in Samaria the women cryed 2 Kin. 6. 35. vnto the King with their Children in their armes saying Helpe O King else wee perish for want of bread Now euery man in his owne family is a King whose office is not onely to make lawes but also to prouide necessaries for his subiects that they may liue in peace and quietnesse Therfore when want commeth into the family whither shall the Wife goe but to her Husband and the children but to their father Now if husbands bee carelesse to prouide for their Wiues Fathers for their Children what a lamentable cry will it be when they are in want when the Wife shall crie Husband giue vs bread or else we die and Children cry and say Father giue vs bread or else wee starve Now in this case what wil the carelesse Husband say to his deare Wife or the improuident Father to his poore Children he cannot say perhaps as the King said to the woman of Samaria Seeing the 2 Kin. 6. 27. Lord doth not helpe how can I when as the fault is in himselfe which hath pulled this misery vpon himselfe by his owne indiscretion and idle carriage in the course of his calling The good huswife is described by her carefulnesse not onely to prouide necessaries for her husband and Children but also for the maintenance of her whole family which depended vpon Pro. 31. 15. her and this care of necessaries must not onely be for time present but also for the time to come For parents are bound to prouide and to lay vp for their 2 Cor. 12. 14. Childrē Therfore Salomō describing a godly man sayes He shall Pro. 13. 22. giue an inheritance to his childrens children Therefore as it is the duty of a good man to take care for his own so also that he may bee able to relieue the poore for it is a more blessed thing to Act. 20. 35. giue then to receiue And our blessed Lord teacheth vs to pray for our dayly bread now what we desire in our prayers wee may labour for in our practice and as wee must seeke the Kingdome of GOD in the first place so in the second place wee may lawfully seeke for the things of this world that we may bee able to Rom. 13. 7. giue vnto Caesar the things which are Caesars and tribute to whom tribute belongeth and be able to bring vp our Children in learding wherby they may become seruiceable to the Church and Common wealth In these respects we may desire riches if God see them good for vs that we may honor him with them and become seruiceable to his Church and if hee doe blesse vs with riches we are to esteeme them as pledges of his loue and to manifest our thankefulnesse by obedience to his Commandements by walking humbly in our liues and conuersations both towards GOD and men For riches are good and the blessings of God Therfore woe vnto them that make them the instruments of damnation vnto themselues by not vsing them to his glory which gaue them but by abusing them to serue their owne lusts as the Israelites of old Which sate down 1 Cor. 10. 7 Ex. 32. 6. to eate and drinke and rose vp againe to play But howsoeuer though they are good in themselues as they are the blessings of God yet we must take heed we doe not ouer-value them in our iudgement and gripe them hard and close in our hands they are thornes and thornes are dangerous if they bee not carefully handled therefore let vs account them good seruants but bad masters no better then drosse and dung in respect of Christ for vnlesse God blesse sanctifie them to vs they wil doe vs little good Let vs therefore thrust them out from harbouring in our hearts and make them seruants to follow and obey vs and not lords to rule ouer vs. And if we want their company not to vse any vnlawfull means for the obtaining of them but still to esteeme them base in comparison of grace and the meanes of our saluation and to be content rather to lose thē